When I see an ant in the house I smash it. Now I wonder if that's a good idea.?

I've been finding a lot of ants in the house. I'm guessing all the rain has chased them out of the ground and they are looking for a new home, mine. When I see one I smash it. But now I noticed they seem to be multiplying and started wondering if smashing is a good idea. Could I be leaving the pheromones... show more I've been finding a lot of ants in the house. I'm guessing all the rain has chased them out of the ground and they are looking for a new home, mine. When I see one I smash it. But now I noticed they seem to be multiplying and started wondering if smashing is a good idea. Could I be leaving the pheromones behind to draw more?

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Best Answer: Not a good idea. Identify it first. Small black ant? That is a sugar ant. There is an easy kill for the nest. You need powdered baking soda and icing sugar powder. Mix the 2 together on a tablespoon. Now grab some powder between your fingers and sprinkle it along the baseboard near the door opening and leave it. Or anywhere else you see ants walk. That is their trail so you put this food out for them to find. The ants take back the sugar and the baking soda that is tainted with sugar to the NEST. The QUEEN is there and she is the only any that eats. She is the only ant that lays eggs. 60,000 eggs that are (the NEST) These worker ants live for 2 weeks and self absorb and die. The queen normally lives for 3 years.
. Having her worker ants feed her the baking soda, the ants body is a hard shell and baking soda fizzes...so Queen EXPLODES. There is no second queen. The nest is gone by 2 weeks...as all the ants die.

Yes, you're on to something. Never step on them or squash them, our you'll have to deal with many crazed ants ..since doing so will only signal other ants to come to the scene of the crime. Try those plug in ultrasonic electronic pest and insect repellent devices. They uses high frequency sound waves that insects hate.

Terro liquid ant bait has worked great for us. There's also a crystal sprinkle or spray you might need to use on the outside. Find where they're coming in like a window sill or crack in the foundation. We had ants infesting our trees and when the tree was cut down, the ants went away.

They are looking for either a food source or a new home. Smashing the odd one here and there is OK but when they invade in numbers it is time to use bait. I prefer combat gel, but there are many out there. You want the bait/s placed in their trails, their main paths, may take a bit of watching to figure them out. The idea is they take the bait back to the nest and it kills them all from there. If it is an effective bait for those particularly ants, You'll see an increase of activity around the baits then, after 3 or 4 days, they will all be gone.

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When I see an ant in the house I smash it. Now I wonder if that's a good idea.?

I've been finding a lot of ants in the house. I'm guessing all the rain has chased them out of the ground and they are looking for a new home, mine. When I see one I smash it. But now I noticed they seem to be multiplying and started wondering if smashing is a good idea. Could I be leaving the pheromones behind to draw more?